Poet Bernadette Mayer (1945 - ) reads selections from her two recent books, "Utopia" and "Mid-Winter Day" at the Ear Inn in NYC on June 7th, 1986. Mark Weiss introduces her. She reads "Dear amended return acknowledgee" (00:01:28), "The tragic condition of the Statue of Liberty" (00:02:50); "People get ready blow ups happen, or Mikhail Gorbachev's premature ejaculation"(00:04:52); "The presence of one who sometimes leaves a place" (00:09:10); "Catskill eagle" (00:10:16); poem by Mayer's daughter, Sophia (00:12:24); "Redemption song" (00:13:42); "Ugly of May" (00:16:18); "On sleep" (00:20:12).

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